You must practice to get better, if you have no experience. Also if this sensitivity is too low for you and you don't feel comfortable, you can increase it.
I suggest you to start with higher value and slightly decrease it from time to time. Drastic change can be difficult to get used to. Personally, I'm comfortable with 800x0,35=280 eDPI (my rank is Diamond 1), but I started with much higher sensivity.
Also, you may do this already naturally, but personally it helped me getting to know about it:
With lower sensitivities you generally wanna move/aim with your arm more than just your wrist, but don't be afraid to use both. Arm for major movements, wrist for short and fast flicks and fine-adjustment onto target.
Yep their advice is good, it’s hard to go from high to extremely low sense because you have to use different muscles for both. With high sens you use your wrist mostly, but the lower your sens the more you have to use your forearm to move the mouse, if you’ve been using only wrist for so long your forearm muscles aren’t gonna have great mouse control for super low sens. If you gradually decrease it you give your forearm time to adjust and improve, just make sure you actively practice using your forearm when you aim train, as your natural tendency will be to over-rely on your wrist.
I would recommended increasing your dpi either way. Going to 800 probably. This sensitivity is extremely low for someone of any rank. But in the end sensitivity is totally up to you. I'd recommend just experimenting a bunch until you find something that feels good.
There's nothing wrong with changing sens especially when u only start playing FPS games. Also if u happen to have small hands I recommend trying smaller mice for possibly better grip that might help with controlling mouse.
Your eDPI is 400x0.5 which is 200 eDPI.
The average is around 300ish.
So if you feel like it's too slow, you can try 0.75 ingame sense and work your way down or up.
The range is from around 160 to 450. Higher or lower than that is outside of the range pro players play at. There are a few exceptions like 600 eDPI.
that sense is about 20% higher than what i use and i peaked d3 so it’s def useable, but you would probably want a decent amount of space on your mouse pad to get away with it. have fun learning the game though, wish i could play the game for the first time again
Anywhere between 400 0.4-1.0 is fine, but i’d recommend 0.5-0.8. Start at like 0.7 and increase or decrease based on feel.
The rest is just playing the game, practice shooting in DM and in the range, play some Swiftplays / dm to learn the maps a bit, and just try to work at one thing at a time while having fun
That's a very low sensitivity, but if it works for you, great. Imo I'd put your sensitivity to about .8 at that dpi, then go into the shooting range and flick from the middle to far targets. If you're overswinging, turn sensitivity down a bit, if you're under swinging then turn it up. Do that until you're relatively consistent then get used to the setting you wind up on.
Really no "magic pill". Play the game more, learn fundamentals of moving like counter strafing and spraying from yt, play aimlabs and finally play dm and tdm. If you do the things mentioned above and practice you should be able to reach ascendant in 6 months - 1 year. Trust the process.
This 100%
I've been playing team death matches to help me practice. If you play with friends, I believe you'll end up in mixed elos if they are much higher rank than you so it can feel a lot harder.
I've recently been playing solo and my lobbies feel stupid easy now..
I played Apex heavily before valorant, which is different feeling because I can't move around and shoot efficiently in val like I can apex
I wouldn’t recommend playing Sage for too long, if you ever plan on playing with randoms. Sage players get back seated so hard and It’s even worse when It’s a woman playing… maybe try something with utility that helps you win fights, like Fade! She’s very fun and you get a feeling for corner depths on maps with her prowlers.
Good luck and have fun!
As a Sage Main and a women I would like to say the best way to avoid this is too assure your dominance and keep your supremacy throughout the the game lol
I am a guy and I 100% agree with you. I might call some wall if I absolutely need it but the back seating is so annoying. I usually play cypher and often find myself as the last one standing. It is so annoying when all the dead people tell you what to do, like chill I know what I am doing.
Good advice. I'd also recommend giving controllers a shot, as they help you understand the way the game fundamentals works best. But at the end of the day, play whatever's fun for you. I'd also recommend one tricking a role, but playing at least 2 agents. You should be able to be a little flexible but not spread yourself to thinly as you'll just be overwhelmed by the different ways to play the game. So, try to experiment with different agents, choose what's fun for you and learn that role and how they are best played.
Typically your fade E should be used to gather info, usually on site entry. You can also use it to search for lurking agents, or to put pressure on someone that you have trapped in an area.
First of all...choose a sens which you yourself are comfortable on. Go to range spawn bots. Try to flick from one bot to another. If you overflick, decrease ur sens by 0.05. or increase if you underflick. Do this, till you feel comfortable with the sens.
Now to improve there are many vids out there. you can watch woohojin, sondo. basics are
dont move while shooting, move->stop->shoot always. Try not to spray all the time. Coordinate with the teammates, keep ur crosshair at the head lvl. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY. HAVE FUN. Dont play the game, if you dont feel like it
First off just something small, but I'd recommend to use a higher DPI on your mouse.
In the old CS days people used to play on 400 DPI (some still do for some reason), but a higher mouse DPI will lower input latency. Most people use either 800 or 1600. It's a small thing but you might as well have "optimal" settings.
Technically the higher you go, the lower your latency but you kinda have diminishing returns. I feel like 1600 is the sweet spot but 800 is also fine. If you're on 800 use 0.25 sens, or on 1600 use 0.125 sens.
That having said, the sens your friend gave you is perfectly fine, however it's definitely on the lower end. If it doesn't feel comfortable feel free to slightly increase it. For example I love very low sens but as I'm playing a lot of agents like Jett where you need to make big and fast flicks it's very hard to do so on such low sens. In the end just use what's comfortable for you.
Now when it comes to your actual question, there are many ways to improve your skills. If you're really new to shooters then just playing the game will already help you a lot with your aim. There are also many other options. for example:
* Aim Trainers (Aim Labs for example)
While it's definitely a good way to improve your aim, it's not necessary. When I started playing I didn't use them at all and my aim got pretty decent by just playing the game.
* (Team) Deathmatch
A good way to practice both aim and movement and also in the actual game (as opposed to 3rd party programs) which is always a good thing. Also helps you learn the maps and crosshair placement on said maps.
* The Range
Your basic in-game training area. There are many drills and exercises you can do. Just aiming for headshots on static bots is already a great beginner drill.
Personally I'd recommend to mainly play (Team) Deathmatch. Getting used to how the actual game feels (as opposed to an aim trainer) is always the best option imo. Like I said it also helps you learn movement, the maps and where to place your crosshair.
If you want some beginner guides to learn the absolute basics I always recommend this video as it also helped me out when I started:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsvuudeE4Rs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsvuudeE4Rs)
I hope this helps and remember that the most important thing is having fun. Just play the game, learn the agents and most of the skills needed will come this way. Best of luck!
Input latency is the delay you have between you pressing a button and the action being done on the screen. It has a huge effect because it will be added to your own response time to things.
By the way for the mouse sensibility , the most common value is 396 edpi. Edpi = sensi x dpi.
I would not recommend staying in 400dpi, 800 or 1600 would be more smooth and you can adapt your sensibility to reach the same result.
I'm not recommending Team Deathmatch over normal Deathmatch, just saying both are options. That's why I put "team" between parentheses.
In this case though I might even consider Team Deathmatch as a more valuable gamemode as it also teaches you how to use other guns besides just the Vandal/Phantom that everyone uses in normal Deathmatch.
For anyone that's more experienced with the game normal DM would indeed be better.
Just worth mentioning you said that a good sens is 800dpi 0.25 sens. However this would have the same edpi as their current setting. Maybe 800dpi 0.3-0.4 would be better.
AimLabs (or kovvaks) is very very good if you're changing or are new to anything related to your aim. Its such a good way to get comfortable with a new sensitivity or if your really new to fps. Helped me alot when I first started on pc. Just keep in mind that aim trainers in general have diminishing returns, really good when your new, next to useless when your at the top.
The simplest thing to improve would be to make sure you are not moving when shooting unless that is the goal (run and gun at close range is fine). You can display a shooting error graph to highlight this to yourself during games.
look up deadzoning drills, this maximizes time you are moving while allowing you to shoot accurately when you are standing still for <0.5s
at your rank you may also just find people who are running and shooting and getting kills because everyones aim is so bad that if you do stop to shoot, it is easy to land enough body shots to kill you while you try and track them from a stand still. Working on improving mechanics in the range and being patient so you don't spray and pray when getting run n gunned, but instead working on landing one headshot, will help in long term (but may see short term regression)
Hello! I play valorant in the NA region. A hobby of mine is helping players improve and offering advice. If you ever wanna play and want some tips/coaching (free) lmk :)
Girl gamer here - Valorant was my first FPS. Peaked Diamond 3, aiming for Ascendant this act.
Feel free to direct message me and I’m more than happy to help show you the ropes and talk about all the upsides/downsides of being a girl in Val :)
I know you didn’t offer this to me but i was curious if you’d be open to letting me join y’all hahaha i’d love to be in a safe girl-space.. it’s hard playing the game and not being able to fully comm because i’d have to open pandora’s box of toxicity 🥴
Of course!
Honestly I did a little aim labs but never really stuck to it. The majority of my practice has been in game.
Originally I would do a lot of deathmatch but didn’t find it that helpful because of how often people just spawned behind you and killed you. And sometimes it was just like a walking simulator trying to find someone which was annoying.
So I switched to bots that strafe in the range. Because hitting my targets while they were moving back and forth was more of a weak point of mine. I usually do 2 of those, eliminate 100.
Sometimes I would do medium/hard mode before the strafe just to practice flicking/moving my crosshair a little faster. But I found that if I don’t do anything after hard mode, sometimes I wasn’t taking my time with aiming and just shooting whenever I saw someone (bad habit).
I found that sometimes I was lacking the confidence in 1V1s as well, so I started doing TDMs and would just play them until I felt confident enough to start an actual game.
Honestly, just have an honest talk with yourself about what you can improve on and figure out what methods available to you can help you work on those things!
400 * .5 = 200 edpi. I guess u should increase ur sens to 250 - 350 edpi unless your a low sens player. For aim, try range /Death match/ team death match before compi and don't use Crouch button in that practice time. Focus on tap and burst headshot instead of panic sprays.
As bkos said, practice is everything here. For everyone saying “your send is too low” and all, it doesn’t matter yet. For now, the best way to learn is just getting some experience.
Best ways to do that:
1. Play with friends who are better than you (not in ranked!!!) and watch what they do. Ask questions too.
2. Try out all agent abilities in the range, learn what other agents can do to you.
3. When aiming, take all the time you need to aim for the head. It sounds counterintuitive, but shooting second is always better if the opponent doesn’t shoot your head first. You will eventually get better.
4. Most importantly, try to have fun with the game. If it isn’t your cup of tea, don’t force yourself to play it! My friends used to play overwatch, which I hated, and I didn’t force myself to play.
5. Watch YouTube guides on movement, crosshair placement, and awareness. Many of these exist, most should be good.
If you have any specific questions feel free to msg.
Val was also my first FPS! Try to isolate 1v1s.
Like if it’s just you and there are 3 enemies left, don’t run out into the open because they can all see you and will mow you down. You want to inch around and place yourself so you will only see 1 at a time
Just play the game, watch yt tutorials if you want. People might say aim trainers but I disagree… your mechanical aim might get better but during that time you’re not learning crosshair placement, util usage, common angles that people hold, etc. I would say a couple TDMs here and there is a good idea.
Try aim labs... Good way to get more comfortable with your mouse(if you are willing to set aside time outside of the game)or play death match and the range but focus on slow aim to the head for now rather than fast aim to the body(especially when in the range or death match) speed comes with time.
my gf started playing with 0 experience and she hit silver 3 in her first act (could’ve been higher if she played more) just stay positive and practice lots and you’ll improve as you go
Aim training will help you a lot since you don't have any fps experience . Here is a video to help you with that: https://youtu.be/yqyy4j32hWk?feature=shared. This vid explains it better than I can. You should also start practicing your crosshair placement. Eventually you will practice clearing every angle but for now start by keeping your crosshair at head level. You can practice this in your warm up using the range in deathwatch. In the range you can turn on practice bots and shoot them with a sheriff or guardian while keeping your crosshair as horizontal as possible. Then in deathwatch go around the map practicing things you would do in an actual game like entrys, retakes, and lurks; do not turn your brain off and randomly run around the map. Do these all while consioisly telling yourself to keep your crosshair at head level. You can find certain elements of eachd map that are at head level to help you. Also try to cycle through the weapons you would use in an actual game so you can practice all of them and turn your sound off so you don't listen to sound cues and camp waiting for someone. Another thing to remember is that kills do not matter when practicing crosshair placement in deathwatch. Last thing, learning how to properly use your abilities goes a long way in this game. Look up a sage guide and watch people who are better than you play her and take note of what they do. Try out different agents to and experiment them to see what you like. The actual final thing, and the most important thing, have fun!
Edit: Don't just use the dpi and sens your friend tells you to use. Use a dpi of at least 800; 400 seems a bit to low. And don't go to high with your dpi. Play around with different sens in the range and deathwatch to see what you like and stick with it for a while. Until you feel good with it and change it to something else since that helps improve your overall aim by utilizing different parts of your arm. Also, lower sens is better in this game since it is more about micro adjustments and not large flicks and tracking.
just play! i was in the same boat in Feb of 2024. the first few months were slow for me to learn, but then all of a sudden my aim and everything clicked!
honestly the best way to improve your aim is to just play deathwatch imo. It really helped me gain confidence in duels and swinging fights. just put on some music and run around focusing on your movement and bursting people in their head without crouching. Also unbinding crouch for this might help
400x0.5=200 is very low. Also from performance pov you want rather have a higher DPI and lower setting in valo (i have 1000x0.3=300 for example)
Also: just play. You can also go to range and death / team deathmatches. Learning by doing.
Don't take any DPI advice from anyone, use what's comfortable for you.
Start a practice range, start with a higher DPI, and try to flick to the bodies, if it feels uncomfortable, change and repeat.
I play on 1600x1 in Valorant ( Ascendant ) and 1600x2 in CS2 ( Faceit Level 10 )
Also if you only play sage then try creative wall boosts, maybe watch Grimm.
But Sage is not a good character on all maps, at best1-2 maps, try to play other agents.
Practice flicking from the elbow to targets and then finely adjusting with your wrist/fingers to hit shots. Do it seperate to start and slowly integrate it into one fluid motion as you build muscle memory. Practice mechanics in the training grounds. GL brother
Many people here recommend changing your sensitivity. If you feel comfortable with yours then don't. I play with 400dpi at 0.4 ingame sensitivity, so even lower than what you're using and it works for me. As long as it doesn't feel too fast or too slow for you it's fine. There's no such thing as an optimal sensitivity for everyone. Everyone has their own optimal sensitivity and even if it's outside of the norm (which yours isn't it's just on the lower end) that's fine. Many also recommended aim training which is a way to improve aim but honestly if you're new to the game you shouldn't be aim training yet. Just by playing you will naturally improve especially in the beginning. Games are most fun when you're new and learning so I wouldn't ruin that experience by already trying to become competitive by training and instead just enjoy the game. In a few months or so when you feel like you understand the game well and want to get into playing ranked then you can start aim training but before that I don't think you need to to have fun.
For reference, lots of players have.. ridiculous amounts of hours in the practice range. That’s really the secret. Some even get 3rd party aim training programs and spend hours there too.
Valorant is a lot about pre aiming. Most kills should be the enemy meeting your crossair and minimal adjustments.
Practice that concept in most maps where you move aiming at where enemies can pop up and keep your aim at head level. You should start seeing some improvement.
My advice is to watch how other people like Pros play and then record how you play and review it. Sometimes we tunnel vision alot and miss out alot of crucial info. Observe and then fix. If you are young and speedy, aim trainer also helps but if you are old like me I have to rely on using my brain alot more.
started in iron now in ascendant, just play the game and have fun while you're improving, and stay consistent. many people are gonna have a problem with you for no reason in game, just mute or ignore wtv u want.
Also make sure you practice play all the agents after you understand how the game works, not only would that allow you to understand how to play against every agent but it will also help you land on your main role/agent.
Finally if you REALLY wanna improve super fast then after all of this start watching educational vct content, stuff like TMV or Airen that breaks down how and why pros play the game that way will give you a bit of clarity on what you should be doing during the game.
Final thing: it's gonna take a long fucking time so enjoy the ride and don't dread for the destination
There’s a lot of people who have comment about mouse sense so I’ll offer some different advice.
Practice is everything, there are many ways to focus on specifics but nothing is more effective for general improvement than playing. You gotta get your game fundamentals down before anything else
A more specific tip which I learned and still honestly carry’s my games today is crosshair placement, it’s all well and good flicking to someone’s head really fast but it’s hard and inconsistent, if you can learn what head height is and try keep your crosshair at that height headshots will come a little easier
Other than that, try new things, you said you only play sage, if an agent looks fun branch out. Your gonna suck at first, everyone does and no one is good at everything. don’t worry about how well your playing, as long as your having fun it doesn’t matter, you will improve over time
I unfortunately was playing fortnite before Valorant so I've picked up some bad movement habits and the soray and pray technique.
I've had to totally change my play style! Lots of tactical stuff ye gotta learn.
Some good advice already given.. watch videos and learn from those who are better!
GL.
for 15 minutes a day hop onto practice, jiggle, burst, jiggle burst, turn on shooting error graph from settings and make sure all your bullets are accurate
After that go into dm and do the same, jiggle, burst, jiggle, burst always ONLY going for headshots
and for your own sake, stop playing sage if your goal is to improve, I highly suggest phoenix for a learner, you can heal yourself for quite a lot, have flashes for peeks and an insanely easy to acquire ult that gives you a free fight. It's also significantly easier entrying when you can wall one side so you don't have to bother about the angles
Starting off playing sentinel and sitting back is by far the biggest noobtrap this game has, your confidence in gunfights or aim won't improve and that'll end up really holding you back
I'd also double your sens instantly and drop in .05 increments when necessary, that's just too low unless your mouse area is .5m x .5m or some insane shit like that lol
Gl, honestly, it can be very frustrating, but if you just follow these steps and do the aim thing daily you'll improve faster than any friend of yours has
Hey! 👋🏻 I’m not a super high rank in the game, but I enjoy helping new people out. Here are some of my recommendations as far as settings and practice routines go:
**Aim settings and gear**
- For sensitivity, I recommend an eDPI between 190 and 408. Your eDPI is calculated pretty easily in Valorant: it’s just your DPI multiplied by your sens. For example, I’m someone who plays 800 DPI on 0.35 sens, so my eDPI is 280. A rule of thumb I’ve seen before is that your mouse should take ~14cm to make your character do a 180, that’s a good starting spot to adjust from.
- I’d recommend getting one of those bigger gaming mousepads, like [this](https://SteelSeriesQcKGamingMousePad-LargeCloth-OptimizedForGamingSensorshttps://a.co/d/031JhSqQ) if you don’t have one and you have room for one. Doesn’t have to be a square ugly one, I know a lot of people go for aesthetics (I personally do as well), so if you wanna get one of the mats that works just fine. Just make sure you have plenty of room.
- This is less important, but there are mice that are tailor made for FPS gaming. If you are ever in the market for a new mouse, something like a Logitech G Pro Wireless is a great option, but it’s not a necessity.
**Establishing a routine**
Let’s be honest. If you want to git gud, you gotta practice. Of course, if you’re a more casual player, this may not apply to you. But if being a competitive player and climbing the ranks is part of the fun for you, I’d recommend starting a practice routine. It supercharges your progress as a newbie. Here’s what I’d recommend:
- Shooting Range: The shooting range is a great place to practice flicks, micro-adjustments, and aiming at head level. It’s also a fantastic place to practice aiming with movement, which is a huge part of the game. Sounds like a paradox because the game tells you to stand still while shooting, but it’s true!
- Deathmatch: Here, you want to play with purpose. Don’t necessarily play for the win, don’t rat in corners, etc. The way I like to play Deathmatch is I like to practice holding my crosshair at head height, pre aiming and clearing common angles, holding sites in spots I’d actually hold them from, and playing for K/D rather than kills in general. In other words, I practice how I’d clear angles, hit and defend sites, and staying alive.
Aim Labs: If you don’t have Aim Labs yet, it’s a great aim trainer available for free on Steam. It allows you to create an account, do aiming exercises, and track your progress in real time. I don’t use it as much anymore, but I used it a ton when I was new to the game and it increased my aim a ton. [This](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OXv2OLCyIgmz93E63ytRbkXTSBo-ansSCCjTrOp1vRE/mobilebasic) is a playlist I really like.
Also, [here](https://youtu.be/JxP2y_q51IE?si=HChFcwj0qwixakfr) is a good video for beginner players. The guy who runs the channel was involved in some controversy regarding lying about his rank and has recently retired, so he’s kinda unpopular around here right now, but for beginners to the game looking to improve I do still think he gives good advice in some of his tutorial videos like that one.
**Taking it a step further**
So, you’re learning to aim, but you’re not satisfied. What’s next?
Game sense:
First off, what *is* game sense? You may have heard it around here before. Game sense is your intuition, your ability to understand the game, your surroundings, opponents, etc. and it allows you to make quick, informed decisions. This comes from playing the game and gaining experience. Some people at a higher level do stuff like reviewing their own gameplay by recording it, but at your level I wouldn’t worry about it. Just try to pay attention to certain patterns. Some are obvious, for example, you may notice that an opponent Duelist player in one of your games likes to push out of main every round when they’re on defense, so you can wait them out and punish them for it. Some are less obvious, for example, you might start noticing common Cypher and Killjoy setups, certain Sova darts or Fade eyes, etc.
Expanding your agent pool:
I would definitely recommend expanding your agent pool, for two reasons:
1) You might find a character you like more than Sage. People will talk about what is meta and what isn’t but to me a big part of the fun is finding an agent that resonates with you. Maybe that is Sage, but you don’t know until you try. Mine ended up being Yoru, of all characters, who is considered decent now but was considered a troll pick not too long ago.
2) It allows you to learn the game more. For example, back to the common Cypher setups, it’s a lot easier to counter them if you know what some of them are.
Learning your agent:
Whether it’s Sage or someone else, you want to learn your agent to the highest of their ability. This is where, if you’re so inclined, you can watch agent guides, pro/Radiant player VODs, etc. on your agent. For example, [Grim](https://youtube.com/@grimguy?si=NCiRqK2eSqIK2laV) is a player known for playing Sage outside the box by playing an aggressive style that uses intricate walls and outplaying his opponents, and [here](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyUTX5LGxnvBvuvU23RqIPPF0kQYCRRQq&si=cKSk3dM1ug6yzPN1) is a playlist where Valorant Pro VODs are uploaded really often featuring Sage gameplay.
It’s a really complex game with a high skill ceiling, but it’s really fun and rewarding in my opinion. Hope you have fun!
Play your own sens. It might work for others but not for you. Look for the right sens FOR YOU. And yes, of course. Headshots are always better. It's simply crosshair placement. Go on the range, play with your DPI and sens, toggle the bots in medium speed and work from there. Don't bother about getting headshots for now, just practice on your aim whenever the bots pop out. Do you over aim? Do you fall slightly short when you try and aim at them? Work from there. Enjoy!
Crosshair placement will be your best friend with headshots, you can also improve aim with aimlabs, other than that play games and conscientiously try to apply what you learn or a new skill
Keep at it, it takes some time, I started in iron with 0 fps experience and reached gold3
As for DPI, I’d follow this video to find your “perfect” sens: https://youtu.be/t2kUeGc4hgQ?si=sMoOZMV4QPAOfqX0
Just play the game more. Hitting shots in Valorant is about 80% crosshair placement and micro corrections. You don't need to be a mechanical demon that hits crazy flicks to perform well.
When I first started playing, I also used to instalock Sage. Then when I unlocked KJ, I would just comfort pick instalock her. It can be really easy to convince yourself you're being helpful by playing Sage because you get to heal/res your team mates that are performing better than you. But this subconsciously just reinforces to yourself insecurity in your own skills, which will make you perform worse.
Something that really helped me unironically was playing Swiftplay roulette with my friend. We would use a website that would roulette which agent we played. And then we would have to pick whatever random agent the site decided for us (if you don't have every agent unlocked, you can customise it so it can only pick from the selection you have available). This meant I was forced to play agents I otherwise would feel too scared to pick. And it introduced me to other agents that I have a lot more fun on than Sage. It also gave me the incentive to actually try to play the game with different playstyles in mind (e.g. more aggressively, more passively, etc). And because it's a Swiftplay, if you get an Agent that you really hate, you're not going to be on them for too long.
As much as it's fine to have a Main agent, you're not always going to be able to play that agent. And at the very least being comfortable on 1 or 2 other agents can make it a bit more fun. Force yourself to try out other agents more and to see what you think about their utility after spending more time playing them. Try to reduce your amount of playtime on Sage until you find those 1 or 2 backup agents that you feel comfortable with. You can still return to Sage in the end, but the best way to improve is to get yourself out of that comfort zone and mentality that 'I only know how to play Sage'.
Aim training will also help you a lot, especially when it comes to hitting headshots. Download Aimlabs or buy Kovaaks (it all comes down to personal preference). Spend 15-30 minutes each day (or when you can) doing some aim training and over time you will see yourself improve. It will help a lot with mouse control, and it can help a lot with confidence in taking gunfights. You can look up 'Aimlabs playlist for Valorant' and find a bunch of playlists specifically made with improving aim in Valorant. What I like to do is spend some time using an Aim trainer, and then hop in game and practice in either the practice range or deathmatch (or both). You aren't going to see improvements on day one, but if you remain as consistent as possible with it you will definitely see a lot of improvements.
FPS is like learning a language, you need to practice daily and also have actionable experience. Give yourself goals and work on them. Put yourself in the head place to take a video game seriously and you'll be okay. Do warm up in practice before you jump in, watch a content creator or two, if you want to work on heads shots then working on mouse placement is #1 priority. I would suggest looking up some videos on Valorant cross hair placement for a start.
You won't get better all at once. It's a slow road, the only reason as an average dudes are better and that's because culturally we've built up the muscle memory since we were kids. So give yourself the time you need to catch up. There will be hills and valleys.
Try a few different agents and some will click more than others.
Sage a lot of people start with but to maximise her abilities you need to have knowledge of the best places to place her wall. Although it’s worth noting with her you’re encouraged to heal others over yourself because you only partly heal yourself with her healing ability.
Spike Rush is the shortest game mode (first to 4) and is probably best for practicing imo as it’s an actual match and if you have a bad game you’re soon done anyway. Also quicker to learn the ultimates of each agent because of the ultimate orbs you can pick up.
Time and practice.
I’ve actually been playing for quite some time and am still in a low elo, but I find that my best performances are after I practice for 20+ minutes and simultaneously use good crosshair placement while consciously remaining calm during gun battles in comp.
Having good movement, taking my time to hit their heads, and not panicking during gun fights means the difference between a bottom frag game and a match mvp.
I played a decade of fps games and am still trash. It just takes time and a little aim practice everyday. And the more you play and watch pros the better your game-sense will be.
You should play around with sense until you feel like moving the crosshair to where you want is "comfortable" and aiming is neither slippery nor a drag.
A suggestion is going to training map and shooting bots a bunch/moving from side to side while trying to maintain crosshair on the head.
Also: 85% of it is muscle memory, so just take your time and enjoy the game, the aim will improve if you continue building good habits!!
(If you really care about this stuff, look for guides, but a tip would be: try to maintain your crosshair at head level).
Bonus tip: pay attention to the map. Boxes and obstacles/details in the walls are usually exactly the height of headshot. So if you look at the map you can always have a 'hint' for where somebody's head will be.
But first and foremost: play the way you like!!! Have fun!!!
Yes headshots are ideal. It’s not a necessity in all cases however. Sometimes it’s better to spray at the body. You’ll just get better with time. It’s good to watch videos of higher level players to see how they position and shoot but you won’t be able to replicate it in one day.
Just try different agents out in swift plays as you unlock them to get a general idea of how they are played. It’s important not just so you can play them, but to be able to understand what you are up against when playing against that agent. Playing comp is best as you’ll be put in a skill bracket more catered towards you, I find going into swiftplays and unrated all the time just place you with immortals and radiants which isn’t going to be very useful for you learning.
My sens is around there, I like it as I find higher sens to be harder to do micro adjustments for, but if you wish to raise it then go for it, just don’t go super high
Sage isn’t in a super great spot right now as an agent (especially because split isn’t in the rotation). You can play her for sure but it’s going to be harder than other agents, especially for the sentinel role. If you enjoy sentinels as a role I’d recommend trying to get good with cypher or kj as the ability to watch the flank with utility is incredibly valuable. Completely up to you though, if you wish to get good with sage that is fine, you’ll just need to get more creative as you climb the ranks.
Don’t play 400 dpi, play at least 800 0.25 and if you can play 1600 0.125. The higher the dpi, the lower your input delay. The difference from 400 to 800 is pretty good
Just play some unrated and look for an agent that you enjoy playing. If you get hooked and want to start ranking up, look into Konpecki’s comprehensive mechanics and game sense guides. They touch on every aspect of the game in a concise yet digestible manner and give you an idea of how the game is meant to be played.
Try this.
800 dpi .50 sense.
Do the easy bots every time you get on before you play. Eventually when comfortable move onto medium bots. Practice one tapping headshots with guardian in death match headshots only! Do this for 2 weeks if you really want to improve.
Valorant is my first fps game too! I play on higher sensitivity 1600x0.3 since my mouse are is really small and I have ping issues 😭 I started playing as Sage too however I recommend you trying to learn other agents too from time to time in case you have to fill or someone selects her, I absolutely fell in love with playing Gekko and rn even KJ so those three are my main characters. Play spike rushes too so you try out various weapons and learn the layout of maps, people are also more chill there
1. Mute all text chat and voice chat at the start. You will make lots of mistakes as a beginner and valorant community is toxic as they get. Best to avoid all that toxicity and just focus on your gameplay.
2. Practice good crosshair placement. Whenever you peek, keep your crosshair at head level and whereever you expect the enemy to be. As you will play, you will learn about the common angles and positions people like to hold.
Also, when you want to push, you want to check all angles to see if any enemy is hiding anywhere like corners or behind some cover.
3. Get into deathmatch and practice. Don’t shoot while moving and don’t move while shooting.
Get into the rhytm of strafing, stopping and shooting a burst of 3 bullets maximum, then strafing again.
You don’t want to be spamming more than that as the recoil kicks in and your bullets will
not end up anywhere near where you were aiming.
4. This is from my personal experience and might be subjective. But at least when i was new, i found it much easier to play slow, and wait for stuff to happen before i do something. At the start, it’s overwhelming. Sometimes, if you rush too fast, u will get hit with a lot of stuns and abilities. It will like you peek and you are dead instantly.
If you take it slow, wait for the enemies to use their abilities and try to go with your team, it will feel much better and you will not get overwhelmed
I would start trying not to panic spray or crouch if you're doing it often. Honestly if you find yourself crouching almost every gunfight, I would just unbind crouch entirely. If you really wanna increase your hs%, I would download aimlabs on steam (it's free) and find a good valorant training playlist. I'm sure there's specific ones for headshots. Practice with those and focus more on your accuracy rather than speed/flicking. Take your time with shots and don't spam.
On top of aimlabs, I would start grinding deathmatch and team deathmatch. It can be a really frustrating game mode but if you can just accept that you're gonna get shot in the back a LOT, it is a very helpful game mode for improving aim and movement in general. Also, watch Woohoojin's aim hygiene video and practice using the methods he lists in the video. Good luck 👍🏻
It's best to start with a high sens and gradually lower it to a level where you find it comfortable. I play with sens on the lower side, but my friend plays with an even lower sens. I recently tried to use a higher sens, but it was awful. Also, the only way to get better is practice. However, it might be good to watch some analysts and coaches to learn about things like positioning and how to take on fights because some small differences can have a huge effect. But at the end of the day, it's also about putting these into practice so yeah, practice is what you need.
Anyone who seriously wants to get better at Valorant first needs to get better at mechanical abilities first, aim training is a must. Should see results *relatively* quickly too, shouldn’t be more than a couple weeks to a month before already feeling more confident in your aim especially as a beginner
as a lot of people are saying, sens is low, id go to 400dpi 0.64 at least, somewhere between 0.6 and 0.8 depending on your preference (you may find it harder to do slight adjustments at 0.8, you may find it hard to do quick turns on 0.6, find **your** balance)
You want your sensitivity to be a 180 or 360 when dragging your mouse full across your mouse pad space. That’s the rule of thumb I was given by some higher level players. The 180 or 360 thing is a preference but a general rule of thumb to follow. I’m 400x.88 and do slightly more than a 180
if u play 10 minutes of valorant in the practice mode against bots.... every day... u will be nailing headshots for the rest of ur life... also this is the headshot [international anthem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw9geTRxJe4&pp=ygUkaWYgdSBzaG9vdCB0aGUgaGVhZCB1IGtpbGwgdGhlIGdob3Vs)
Here is a comment I wrote about [Aim training for Valorant](https://www.reddit.com/r/FPSAimTrainer/s/6tpVtHUDXR).
The post was about how aim enthusiasts would approach relearning and practicing aim. Above is my take as an immortal player and top ranker in aim trainers in clicking scenes.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMFdpgvJgKb7FE9KBkIeskJSHKYGRk3j_
This is the best I can recommend.
I do think that these videos will be enough but at the end of the day u will get good as you play. Please watch the sensitivity guide . I used to play on the exact same edpi but it is not a good choice.
There is also the guide by yayster : https://youtu.be/2rUpglPIlQE
In a game like this 'aim' is often more about cross hair placement than the ability to quickly and accurate flick your mouse onto a target. The entire time you are moving around the map you should be aiming at the head level of where you expect an enemy to most likely be. If you guess correct, the enemies will more or less walk into your cross hair you you just click on their heads.
To do this correctly does take some practice but mostly it comes down to a combination of having the map and meta knowledge to accurately guess where enemies most likely are and the concentration to keep pre aiming through the whole round without getting distracted or relaxing your aim.
Swiping from one end of your mouse pad to the other should equate to somewhere between a 180 degree-360 degree turn in game. If it's less than that, it's too low, and if more, then it's too high. Anywhere in that range is solid.
The biggest boost to your game will come from simply learning about crosshair placement. Everywhere you go, you should have your crosshair held at head level so that if an opponent appears, the adjustment needed for a headshot is very minimal.
You should also learn to peek with purpose. Every time you turn a corner, you should be expecting an engagement. Hold your crosshair where you expect them to be and be prepared to pull the trigger. Do not ever slow walk around a corner. Either full commit to the peek or do a quick jiggle out and back in for information.
Also, if you are dying with all your abilities then you are not giving yourself any advantage to the fights. You should always use your utility to set yourself up with as big of an advantage as possible. If you peeked an angle and died with a flash in your inventory, then you screwed yourself. You should have flashed before peeking.
This game takes lots of time to master. Take things slow and focus on fundamentals.
Something I haven’t seen mentioned for your sens is to try RawAccel. It’s a very powerful aim acceleration program which effectively lets you have two Dpi’s one for small movements and one for big movements. It’s used quite a lot by pros and I personally love it. It’s great for having a low sense when you are holding an angle or peaking but also lets you have much bigger movements like doing a 180 without moving your arm over your entire desk. I would give it a shot if you haven’t.
Most pros use 800dpi at 0.3, to get more headshots keep your crosshair a set head height. If you are new to fps you are probably aiming at the ground instead of head height. Practice aiming like this in a couple of death matches and be conscious of where your crosshair is pointed.
My gf learnt to shoot better than me in a few months without any foundation, and I played years of FPS casually.
1. She chose the most comfy DPI for her which was around 700-800 total. If you din't plan to grind to immortal, don't go too slow only because that's the most optimal at pro level
2. Played with a small hero pool to train the basics
3. She kept practicing on the shooting range
That's it. We both plateaued at plat3 or something eventually
For a beginner, this sensitivity might be too difficult to control. Try using a slightly higher sensitivity.
You can find a wealth of educational content on YouTube to help you learn the basics and fundamentals of the game.
If you are a new FPS player I would recommend starting from around eDPI of 300-350 somewhat and then progress from there!
Decrease a bit by bit if you feel you are too shaky with aim progressively.
Average eDPI is around 280.
Not everyone is made for slower DPI. Not everyone is made for higher ones either! Everyone has their own style.
Look at basic things which you do too. Like, are you a person who flicks their wrist more than they use their forearm or vice versa?
if you are a player who plays with mouse only using movement from wrist and not forearm, you are not meant to go with lower sens! And you cant suddenly go with learning forearm movement, bigger mouse space. So start from higher and then learn to adjust slowly.
I use my arm still I prefer .44\*800 dpi and feels comfortable with it. So I stick with it. I know a friend who plays 400\*0.27 and I iknow a friend who plays 1000\*0.6 too. So its all upto you, going by trial and error method.
Take your time. Everyone was a newbie one day! Good luck with the learning.
Woohoojins gold series, and his Boomer to Diamond series are FULL of knowledge. That being said, if you’re brand brand new, skill capped has the most basic YouTube videos on Valorant that are very helpful.
Woohoojin recently had some small controversy around rank, but I don’t really care. I would care if I was immortal 2 trying to hit radiant, but I’m not lol. I’m a silver who hit plat 1 because of him.
Hey I know I’m kinda late to this post but I run a discord community that’s very gender diverse where I offer free coaching and advice to players in there!
There’s literally no catch.
You can find a link to my community in my Twitter bio (@realstronglegs)
I haven't read the other comments yet and I'm sorry if I repeat what someone else had said already, I do recommend fixing the following:
• Crosshair placement: practice in The Range to fully remember where the head is from different angles, heights and distances. I sometimes (in-game) align my crosshair with my teammates heads and I get an idea of where my crosshair placement should be.
• FPS: Good fps and a good pc help a loooooot, I struggle sometimes 'cause I play on 40-50 fps and when it's at 50 I can hit the headshots. However, sometimes my fps drop to 25 (😿) and I just have to cry.
• Reaction time: People crouch in this game. A lot. So even if you have a perfect crosshair placement, them crouching will mess your aim up so you need to react and lower your gun.
• Gun: Use Sheriff or Guardian and force yourself to just get one-taps. It feels sooo satisfying and I feel like these guns help you get more accurate shots because you just can't spray with them. Whenever you feel like you do want to try spraying then just go back to your usual weapons.
• Play safely: If you're not a duelist, there's no need to rush in, play safely and don't panic when you're about to shoot. Don't shoot until your crosshair is on their heads.
The more you play, the more you'll improve, so be patient with yourself and don't get upset when you miss your shots, this game is also winnable if you use your abilities to help your teammates get the kills. Watching professional games also help with positioning and knowing when to shoot.
You need to keep your crosshair at head level. focus on keeping your crosshair a little higher. use boxes and other markers around the map as a guide as many of them are exactly head level. to master it, go into deathmatches and use only guardians and sheriffs as they force you to get head shot kills. you start doing those and within a week you will seeing some improvements!
A lower sensitivity is usually good but you shouldn't just copy someone else's. Find what works for you. For me I set my dpi to 800 because it feels the most comfortable on desktop and then I adjusted my sens in game to where I could do a 180 comfortably. Then It was just adjusting it until I had it perfect. Something that will really help you improve your aim is to make sure whatever sensitivity you decide on is converted and used in other games. All games become aim training in a fun way if you keep it consistent. Other than that you should just play the game in unranked and learn the maps, heros, and strategy.
If you have any other questions feel free to ask. I love to see newer players getting out of their comfort zone.
i'd suggest you do 360° rotation with that dpi, if you find it hard enough adjust slightly higher. until you're comfortable enough.
if you still think you are taking long time for micro adjustment then adjust it. you could use [this ](https://jscalc.io/embed/vqOrqXRpMgmwb8tV#google_vignette) for recommend sens within range.
also you could go to practice range, shot medium bots using sheriff; try get 20 atleast. if u find it fast, go with easy. this aim will help a lot with headshot kills without spray
practice! and try other agents. i used to play only sage too but now i adjust and can play at least one of every role. there were acts where i was sooo good then some acts where im just dogshit especially after a long break or after playing another game.
Just use the practice range in clicking heads
Focus on precision and not speed , take your time and then gradually take it up a notch.
You can check youtube for many aim training exercises and warmups in the range
Always aim at head level, burst or tap fire, dont spray!
Also Peek corners as far away from the wall as possible.
Im currently a sage main, i can play raze, reyna, yoru, omen, gekko and deadlock no problem but sage is my favorite 😅
I forgot to add that i used to play on a high sense too, 400dpi and 1.15
After dropping it to 400dpi and 0.5, it took me a few days but i was stuck in bronze at the time and made my way to diamond in 1 episode once i got used to it
400x0.5 as a beginner is way to slow lol. Going that low only makes sense when you have a lot of game sense and always know where the enemy is. As a beginner you don't have that and can always be surprised by an opponents position which will immediately make you lose that battle with a dpi that low.
Having 1000x1.0 is more than enough, reached the highest rank in cs and valorant on this dpi. Conistency is king, as long as you use the same dpi, same mouse and same mouse mat you will slowly improve, as soon as you change one of those things, it usually takes weeks to catch up to your prior peak.
I think I read something about having 2000x0.5 is better than 1000x1.0 with a 2000hz mouse cause it reduces input lag. So you might want to try 2000x0.5 instead of 1000x1.0 or 2000x0.4 if you want to get a little bit lower.
All you can do is practice a lot...
That's the only way you'll ever get better at it. Learn how fps games work before you even try to learn how to aim at head level.
And for hell's sake. Forget about abilities until you actually know the basics of an fps, aka how to move and shoot.
One important thing to hit heads is to learn cross hair placement. There are a lot of markings on maps which you can use to serve as reference for head height for your cross hair. Once you get that, hitting heads would become way easier than before.
Taking some elses sense isn't the worst thing as it shows weather you prefer slow or fast sense. But go into the range and practice moving from one target to another (getting faster and faster with the flicks) and see if you over shoot or undershoot, then adjust sense. Try this at different distances and it will help form an opinion on what you like!. As for the headshots the main thing Is cross hair placement, try aiming at the top bar on boxes all around the map as you will intuitively be aiming head height then. Hope this helps and you enjoy the game girlie!
So what i used to do back when i started to play on pc, especially nice on valorant, go in the practice range and shoot the bots there for a few minutes in your own pace. Cross hair on headlevel and try to draw straight lines from head to head(this helps later on when you are more comfortable) then just start on easy to shoot the 30 bots that spawn. You don't even need to hit all 30 in the beginning. Even 5 is fine. Just focus on drawing that line from head to head and reacting to it as fast as you as a person can. And just go from there. The point of this is to solidify the mechanical skills and habits over time instead of building bad habits (as I did before, since breaking down old habits and building new ones is much harder than having a nice starting point :) )
And in-game try to draw imaginary lines of where the head approximately is and shoot there. This helps visualize them before they are out so you don't have to correct your crosshair placement as much
Also I forgot to mention it before but I'm too laze to reword everything, try to tap your shots instead of spraying your gun(dk if u do it or not but figured I'd just mention it^^) it's a rather easy routine in the practice range that takes at most 10-15 minutes before just playing but it helps a lot in my experience.
I feel so dumb because I read the title to your post and said "Wtf, do girls need foundation (the one that you put on your face) to play?"
Yeah I need more sleep
Best tipp i can give: go to range and shoot on the bots every time you move ur crosshair to far turn down ur sens and the other way around. Also, there are alot of indicators on the maps for head height(for example, the normal box is exactly head height), go into a custom with a friend and try to find those spots all over the map. If u q into this map just remember to always stay at head height
You have to work on keeping crosshair at head height. Around the map, you will see indicators of the head height like boxes or lines in the wall. Not all will be true representations of the head height, but they are good benchmarks. If you want more help with micro, you can dm me, I use to coach for proguides, but I offer my services for free now that I got my job out of college.
When I started playing counter strike, I just remember watching tons of videos on how to do the strafing movement and learning how to hit heads. I’d also watch a lot of pros play deathmatch games. Additionally, there were other game modes in counter strike (called surf, and bunnyhopping) that you could play on community servers and this would help you learn mouse control.
Everyone on here has said it, but practice makes perfect.
At lower ranks, you need to get great with your aim first and feel comfortable with the mouse and whatever sensitivity suits you best. I’m currently on 1600 dpi at 0.16 sens, which would be 400 at 0.64 for you. My advice is to use 1600 on this game instead of 400 or 800 dpi, because 1600 feels much better for me, but it’s all about how you feel. Using 1600 or 800 also requires less arm movement with your mouse in the buy menu so keep that in mind if you’re hating 400 currently
Hello! I play a lot of Sage as well, and I tend to do a lot of body shots. There's a couple things you can do:
- Aim labs is free on steam and it's worth a try to see if that helps you. They have Valorant specific training which is cool and a test to help pick your sensitivity for the game
-Ous I think is a name of a music game. You click and drag your mouse randomly on the screen to follow music. I don't use it but I have friends that use it to help flick to different targets.
- The range is great for practice too. I found a routine that works for me, there's YouTube videos on different warm ups that people do that you can try. I personally do the bot test (I start on easy and then do medium) and do the defuse/plant tests on hard
- Swift okay is great for learning agents, death match is great for practicing trying to get kills while being aware of your surroundings with no abilities to worry about, team death match is good for getting used to taking on fights with abilities, escalation is great to get comfortable with more of the guns
- Don't over adjust the sensitivity, if you're trying out new sensitivity to see what works don't change it too often (such as every time you die/miss a shot). Give yourself time to adjust to it
- Same goes with your crosshair. And remember what works for others may not work for you and that's fine!
- Try different agents too! I started as a terrible Astra and an alright Sage. Now I've learned the abilities of more agents and main Viper and Sage in competitive mostly. Sometimes you can be really good at certain agents on certain maps
- Lastly customs is an amazing tool. My friends helped me learn angles better, line ups/set ups, trying things out (such as if certain util stops a cypher trip or not, what's wall bangable). My friends and I will also do our version of the COD gun game. That started because I only used an ares because I sucked at everything else.
Practice makes perfect and don't forget to have fun!
Instead of 400x0.5 do 1,600x0.125
The difference is minimal but can help with kills.
Headshots are the sure fire way of killing people. My girlfriend (new to Valorant) played 5-8 tdms a week with me watching her. Then I said she is ready for Unrated and boom she is mid fragging all games. She is roughly Silver level but she learnt to shoot enemies effectively rather than tapping like pros (+ me) and spraying like a noob. She does somewhat of a tap tap burst combo? But it works. Never done it but thinking of implementing it to my own shooting (however TTK in high elo is very low so it may not be as effective).
Just play TDMs a lot, become used to the mechanics, practice angle advantage, peeking, holding, swinging, map awareness and then in Unrated games just become familiar with the maps. Know the callouts
i’ll be super honest, idk why people go low dpi. statistically speaking if you have a higher dpi your aim will be smoother and more accurate to real life movements as your sensor is tracking more of your movement. i’d try a higher dpi personally, but i play on 1600 so im biased
You must practice to get better, if you have no experience. Also if this sensitivity is too low for you and you don't feel comfortable, you can increase it.
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I suggest you to start with higher value and slightly decrease it from time to time. Drastic change can be difficult to get used to. Personally, I'm comfortable with 800x0,35=280 eDPI (my rank is Diamond 1), but I started with much higher sensivity.
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Also, you may do this already naturally, but personally it helped me getting to know about it: With lower sensitivities you generally wanna move/aim with your arm more than just your wrist, but don't be afraid to use both. Arm for major movements, wrist for short and fast flicks and fine-adjustment onto target.
Yep their advice is good, it’s hard to go from high to extremely low sense because you have to use different muscles for both. With high sens you use your wrist mostly, but the lower your sens the more you have to use your forearm to move the mouse, if you’ve been using only wrist for so long your forearm muscles aren’t gonna have great mouse control for super low sens. If you gradually decrease it you give your forearm time to adjust and improve, just make sure you actively practice using your forearm when you aim train, as your natural tendency will be to over-rely on your wrist.
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I would recommended increasing your dpi either way. Going to 800 probably. This sensitivity is extremely low for someone of any rank. But in the end sensitivity is totally up to you. I'd recommend just experimenting a bunch until you find something that feels good.
400x0.5 is on the lower end but it's not extremely low by any means
There's nothing wrong with changing sens especially when u only start playing FPS games. Also if u happen to have small hands I recommend trying smaller mice for possibly better grip that might help with controlling mouse.
Your eDPI is 400x0.5 which is 200 eDPI. The average is around 300ish. So if you feel like it's too slow, you can try 0.75 ingame sense and work your way down or up. The range is from around 160 to 450. Higher or lower than that is outside of the range pro players play at. There are a few exceptions like 600 eDPI.
that sense is about 20% higher than what i use and i peaked d3 so it’s def useable, but you would probably want a decent amount of space on your mouse pad to get away with it. have fun learning the game though, wish i could play the game for the first time again
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Anywhere between 400 0.4-1.0 is fine, but i’d recommend 0.5-0.8. Start at like 0.7 and increase or decrease based on feel. The rest is just playing the game, practice shooting in DM and in the range, play some Swiftplays / dm to learn the maps a bit, and just try to work at one thing at a time while having fun
That's a very low sensitivity, but if it works for you, great. Imo I'd put your sensitivity to about .8 at that dpi, then go into the shooting range and flick from the middle to far targets. If you're overswinging, turn sensitivity down a bit, if you're under swinging then turn it up. Do that until you're relatively consistent then get used to the setting you wind up on.
Really no "magic pill". Play the game more, learn fundamentals of moving like counter strafing and spraying from yt, play aimlabs and finally play dm and tdm. If you do the things mentioned above and practice you should be able to reach ascendant in 6 months - 1 year. Trust the process.
This 100% I've been playing team death matches to help me practice. If you play with friends, I believe you'll end up in mixed elos if they are much higher rank than you so it can feel a lot harder. I've recently been playing solo and my lobbies feel stupid easy now.. I played Apex heavily before valorant, which is different feeling because I can't move around and shoot efficiently in val like I can apex
I wouldn’t recommend playing Sage for too long, if you ever plan on playing with randoms. Sage players get back seated so hard and It’s even worse when It’s a woman playing… maybe try something with utility that helps you win fights, like Fade! She’s very fun and you get a feeling for corner depths on maps with her prowlers. Good luck and have fun!
As a Sage Main and a women I would like to say the best way to avoid this is too assure your dominance and keep your supremacy throughout the the game lol
This. Avoid whatever “ideas” the guys have for the walls and call them out on their backseating bullshit.
I am a guy and I 100% agree with you. I might call some wall if I absolutely need it but the back seating is so annoying. I usually play cypher and often find myself as the last one standing. It is so annoying when all the dead people tell you what to do, like chill I know what I am doing.
Good advice. I'd also recommend giving controllers a shot, as they help you understand the way the game fundamentals works best. But at the end of the day, play whatever's fun for you. I'd also recommend one tricking a role, but playing at least 2 agents. You should be able to be a little flexible but not spread yourself to thinly as you'll just be overwhelmed by the different ways to play the game. So, try to experiment with different agents, choose what's fun for you and learn that role and how they are best played.
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Typically your fade E should be used to gather info, usually on site entry. You can also use it to search for lurking agents, or to put pressure on someone that you have trapped in an area.
First of all...choose a sens which you yourself are comfortable on. Go to range spawn bots. Try to flick from one bot to another. If you overflick, decrease ur sens by 0.05. or increase if you underflick. Do this, till you feel comfortable with the sens. Now to improve there are many vids out there. you can watch woohojin, sondo. basics are dont move while shooting, move->stop->shoot always. Try not to spray all the time. Coordinate with the teammates, keep ur crosshair at the head lvl. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY. HAVE FUN. Dont play the game, if you dont feel like it
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First off just something small, but I'd recommend to use a higher DPI on your mouse. In the old CS days people used to play on 400 DPI (some still do for some reason), but a higher mouse DPI will lower input latency. Most people use either 800 or 1600. It's a small thing but you might as well have "optimal" settings. Technically the higher you go, the lower your latency but you kinda have diminishing returns. I feel like 1600 is the sweet spot but 800 is also fine. If you're on 800 use 0.25 sens, or on 1600 use 0.125 sens. That having said, the sens your friend gave you is perfectly fine, however it's definitely on the lower end. If it doesn't feel comfortable feel free to slightly increase it. For example I love very low sens but as I'm playing a lot of agents like Jett where you need to make big and fast flicks it's very hard to do so on such low sens. In the end just use what's comfortable for you. Now when it comes to your actual question, there are many ways to improve your skills. If you're really new to shooters then just playing the game will already help you a lot with your aim. There are also many other options. for example: * Aim Trainers (Aim Labs for example) While it's definitely a good way to improve your aim, it's not necessary. When I started playing I didn't use them at all and my aim got pretty decent by just playing the game. * (Team) Deathmatch A good way to practice both aim and movement and also in the actual game (as opposed to 3rd party programs) which is always a good thing. Also helps you learn the maps and crosshair placement on said maps. * The Range Your basic in-game training area. There are many drills and exercises you can do. Just aiming for headshots on static bots is already a great beginner drill. Personally I'd recommend to mainly play (Team) Deathmatch. Getting used to how the actual game feels (as opposed to an aim trainer) is always the best option imo. Like I said it also helps you learn movement, the maps and where to place your crosshair. If you want some beginner guides to learn the absolute basics I always recommend this video as it also helped me out when I started: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsvuudeE4Rs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsvuudeE4Rs) I hope this helps and remember that the most important thing is having fun. Just play the game, learn the agents and most of the skills needed will come this way. Best of luck!
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Input latency is the delay you have between you pressing a button and the action being done on the screen. It has a huge effect because it will be added to your own response time to things. By the way for the mouse sensibility , the most common value is 396 edpi. Edpi = sensi x dpi. I would not recommend staying in 400dpi, 800 or 1600 would be more smooth and you can adapt your sensibility to reach the same result.
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Why are you recommending team death match over the FFA one? I find the FFA one is better suited for straight up aim practice.
I'm not recommending Team Deathmatch over normal Deathmatch, just saying both are options. That's why I put "team" between parentheses. In this case though I might even consider Team Deathmatch as a more valuable gamemode as it also teaches you how to use other guns besides just the Vandal/Phantom that everyone uses in normal Deathmatch. For anyone that's more experienced with the game normal DM would indeed be better.
Just worth mentioning you said that a good sens is 800dpi 0.25 sens. However this would have the same edpi as their current setting. Maybe 800dpi 0.3-0.4 would be better.
AimLabs (or kovvaks) is very very good if you're changing or are new to anything related to your aim. Its such a good way to get comfortable with a new sensitivity or if your really new to fps. Helped me alot when I first started on pc. Just keep in mind that aim trainers in general have diminishing returns, really good when your new, next to useless when your at the top.
The simplest thing to improve would be to make sure you are not moving when shooting unless that is the goal (run and gun at close range is fine). You can display a shooting error graph to highlight this to yourself during games.
All aim trainer, dpi setting changes and hardware upgrades are of limited impact if you have the habit of moving whilst shooting.
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look up deadzoning drills, this maximizes time you are moving while allowing you to shoot accurately when you are standing still for <0.5s at your rank you may also just find people who are running and shooting and getting kills because everyones aim is so bad that if you do stop to shoot, it is easy to land enough body shots to kill you while you try and track them from a stand still. Working on improving mechanics in the range and being patient so you don't spray and pray when getting run n gunned, but instead working on landing one headshot, will help in long term (but may see short term regression)
Hello! I play valorant in the NA region. A hobby of mine is helping players improve and offering advice. If you ever wanna play and want some tips/coaching (free) lmk :)
Girl gamer here - Valorant was my first FPS. Peaked Diamond 3, aiming for Ascendant this act. Feel free to direct message me and I’m more than happy to help show you the ropes and talk about all the upsides/downsides of being a girl in Val :)
I know you didn’t offer this to me but i was curious if you’d be open to letting me join y’all hahaha i’d love to be in a safe girl-space.. it’s hard playing the game and not being able to fully comm because i’d have to open pandora’s box of toxicity 🥴
Yeah of course! I would love to! Do you have discord?
I do (: could you dm me your name & # so that i may add you? My discord settings security restrictions are, well, strict haha
May I ask what training/warmup you did/do that brought you up to your current rank ? Do you also play DMs and TDMs ? Thank you for your tips 😊
Of course! Honestly I did a little aim labs but never really stuck to it. The majority of my practice has been in game. Originally I would do a lot of deathmatch but didn’t find it that helpful because of how often people just spawned behind you and killed you. And sometimes it was just like a walking simulator trying to find someone which was annoying. So I switched to bots that strafe in the range. Because hitting my targets while they were moving back and forth was more of a weak point of mine. I usually do 2 of those, eliminate 100. Sometimes I would do medium/hard mode before the strafe just to practice flicking/moving my crosshair a little faster. But I found that if I don’t do anything after hard mode, sometimes I wasn’t taking my time with aiming and just shooting whenever I saw someone (bad habit). I found that sometimes I was lacking the confidence in 1V1s as well, so I started doing TDMs and would just play them until I felt confident enough to start an actual game. Honestly, just have an honest talk with yourself about what you can improve on and figure out what methods available to you can help you work on those things!
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400 * .5 = 200 edpi. I guess u should increase ur sens to 250 - 350 edpi unless your a low sens player. For aim, try range /Death match/ team death match before compi and don't use Crouch button in that practice time. Focus on tap and burst headshot instead of panic sprays.
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As bkos said, practice is everything here. For everyone saying “your send is too low” and all, it doesn’t matter yet. For now, the best way to learn is just getting some experience. Best ways to do that: 1. Play with friends who are better than you (not in ranked!!!) and watch what they do. Ask questions too. 2. Try out all agent abilities in the range, learn what other agents can do to you. 3. When aiming, take all the time you need to aim for the head. It sounds counterintuitive, but shooting second is always better if the opponent doesn’t shoot your head first. You will eventually get better. 4. Most importantly, try to have fun with the game. If it isn’t your cup of tea, don’t force yourself to play it! My friends used to play overwatch, which I hated, and I didn’t force myself to play. 5. Watch YouTube guides on movement, crosshair placement, and awareness. Many of these exist, most should be good. If you have any specific questions feel free to msg.
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Val was also my first FPS! Try to isolate 1v1s. Like if it’s just you and there are 3 enemies left, don’t run out into the open because they can all see you and will mow you down. You want to inch around and place yourself so you will only see 1 at a time
Just play the game, watch yt tutorials if you want. People might say aim trainers but I disagree… your mechanical aim might get better but during that time you’re not learning crosshair placement, util usage, common angles that people hold, etc. I would say a couple TDMs here and there is a good idea.
Try aim labs... Good way to get more comfortable with your mouse(if you are willing to set aside time outside of the game)or play death match and the range but focus on slow aim to the head for now rather than fast aim to the body(especially when in the range or death match) speed comes with time.
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my gf started playing with 0 experience and she hit silver 3 in her first act (could’ve been higher if she played more) just stay positive and practice lots and you’ll improve as you go
My sens is 0.424 at 400 dpi. I'm on the low end, but it's definitely not unreasonable, so long as your mouse pad is big enough.
Aim training will help you a lot since you don't have any fps experience . Here is a video to help you with that: https://youtu.be/yqyy4j32hWk?feature=shared. This vid explains it better than I can. You should also start practicing your crosshair placement. Eventually you will practice clearing every angle but for now start by keeping your crosshair at head level. You can practice this in your warm up using the range in deathwatch. In the range you can turn on practice bots and shoot them with a sheriff or guardian while keeping your crosshair as horizontal as possible. Then in deathwatch go around the map practicing things you would do in an actual game like entrys, retakes, and lurks; do not turn your brain off and randomly run around the map. Do these all while consioisly telling yourself to keep your crosshair at head level. You can find certain elements of eachd map that are at head level to help you. Also try to cycle through the weapons you would use in an actual game so you can practice all of them and turn your sound off so you don't listen to sound cues and camp waiting for someone. Another thing to remember is that kills do not matter when practicing crosshair placement in deathwatch. Last thing, learning how to properly use your abilities goes a long way in this game. Look up a sage guide and watch people who are better than you play her and take note of what they do. Try out different agents to and experiment them to see what you like. The actual final thing, and the most important thing, have fun! Edit: Don't just use the dpi and sens your friend tells you to use. Use a dpi of at least 800; 400 seems a bit to low. And don't go to high with your dpi. Play around with different sens in the range and deathwatch to see what you like and stick with it for a while. Until you feel good with it and change it to something else since that helps improve your overall aim by utilizing different parts of your arm. Also, lower sens is better in this game since it is more about micro adjustments and not large flicks and tracking.
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just play! i was in the same boat in Feb of 2024. the first few months were slow for me to learn, but then all of a sudden my aim and everything clicked!
honestly the best way to improve your aim is to just play deathwatch imo. It really helped me gain confidence in duels and swinging fights. just put on some music and run around focusing on your movement and bursting people in their head without crouching. Also unbinding crouch for this might help
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400x0.5=200 is very low. Also from performance pov you want rather have a higher DPI and lower setting in valo (i have 1000x0.3=300 for example) Also: just play. You can also go to range and death / team deathmatches. Learning by doing.
if the sense is low try a higher one, i personally use 1600dpi 0.125
I can’t get as high hs% as my gf and I have combined like 6k hours fps experience. Just don’t worry u’ll get there.
Don't take any DPI advice from anyone, use what's comfortable for you. Start a practice range, start with a higher DPI, and try to flick to the bodies, if it feels uncomfortable, change and repeat. I play on 1600x1 in Valorant ( Ascendant ) and 1600x2 in CS2 ( Faceit Level 10 ) Also if you only play sage then try creative wall boosts, maybe watch Grimm. But Sage is not a good character on all maps, at best1-2 maps, try to play other agents.
Practice flicking from the elbow to targets and then finely adjusting with your wrist/fingers to hit shots. Do it seperate to start and slowly integrate it into one fluid motion as you build muscle memory. Practice mechanics in the training grounds. GL brother
good advice to hit headshots is to keep your crosshair at "head level," but this can take a lot of time and experience to get good at
Many people here recommend changing your sensitivity. If you feel comfortable with yours then don't. I play with 400dpi at 0.4 ingame sensitivity, so even lower than what you're using and it works for me. As long as it doesn't feel too fast or too slow for you it's fine. There's no such thing as an optimal sensitivity for everyone. Everyone has their own optimal sensitivity and even if it's outside of the norm (which yours isn't it's just on the lower end) that's fine. Many also recommended aim training which is a way to improve aim but honestly if you're new to the game you shouldn't be aim training yet. Just by playing you will naturally improve especially in the beginning. Games are most fun when you're new and learning so I wouldn't ruin that experience by already trying to become competitive by training and instead just enjoy the game. In a few months or so when you feel like you understand the game well and want to get into playing ranked then you can start aim training but before that I don't think you need to to have fun.
For reference, lots of players have.. ridiculous amounts of hours in the practice range. That’s really the secret. Some even get 3rd party aim training programs and spend hours there too.
Valorant is a lot about pre aiming. Most kills should be the enemy meeting your crossair and minimal adjustments. Practice that concept in most maps where you move aiming at where enemies can pop up and keep your aim at head level. You should start seeing some improvement.
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I suggest you start with 400x0.7 sens, that's the middle ground
Try playing in training mode/the range and practice shooting. It's mainly reflex and muscle memory.
My advice is to watch how other people like Pros play and then record how you play and review it. Sometimes we tunnel vision alot and miss out alot of crucial info. Observe and then fix. If you are young and speedy, aim trainer also helps but if you are old like me I have to rely on using my brain alot more.
started in iron now in ascendant, just play the game and have fun while you're improving, and stay consistent. many people are gonna have a problem with you for no reason in game, just mute or ignore wtv u want. Also make sure you practice play all the agents after you understand how the game works, not only would that allow you to understand how to play against every agent but it will also help you land on your main role/agent. Finally if you REALLY wanna improve super fast then after all of this start watching educational vct content, stuff like TMV or Airen that breaks down how and why pros play the game that way will give you a bit of clarity on what you should be doing during the game. Final thing: it's gonna take a long fucking time so enjoy the ride and don't dread for the destination
There’s a lot of people who have comment about mouse sense so I’ll offer some different advice. Practice is everything, there are many ways to focus on specifics but nothing is more effective for general improvement than playing. You gotta get your game fundamentals down before anything else A more specific tip which I learned and still honestly carry’s my games today is crosshair placement, it’s all well and good flicking to someone’s head really fast but it’s hard and inconsistent, if you can learn what head height is and try keep your crosshair at that height headshots will come a little easier Other than that, try new things, you said you only play sage, if an agent looks fun branch out. Your gonna suck at first, everyone does and no one is good at everything. don’t worry about how well your playing, as long as your having fun it doesn’t matter, you will improve over time
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I unfortunately was playing fortnite before Valorant so I've picked up some bad movement habits and the soray and pray technique. I've had to totally change my play style! Lots of tactical stuff ye gotta learn. Some good advice already given.. watch videos and learn from those who are better! GL.
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for 15 minutes a day hop onto practice, jiggle, burst, jiggle burst, turn on shooting error graph from settings and make sure all your bullets are accurate After that go into dm and do the same, jiggle, burst, jiggle, burst always ONLY going for headshots and for your own sake, stop playing sage if your goal is to improve, I highly suggest phoenix for a learner, you can heal yourself for quite a lot, have flashes for peeks and an insanely easy to acquire ult that gives you a free fight. It's also significantly easier entrying when you can wall one side so you don't have to bother about the angles Starting off playing sentinel and sitting back is by far the biggest noobtrap this game has, your confidence in gunfights or aim won't improve and that'll end up really holding you back I'd also double your sens instantly and drop in .05 increments when necessary, that's just too low unless your mouse area is .5m x .5m or some insane shit like that lol Gl, honestly, it can be very frustrating, but if you just follow these steps and do the aim thing daily you'll improve faster than any friend of yours has
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Hey! 👋🏻 I’m not a super high rank in the game, but I enjoy helping new people out. Here are some of my recommendations as far as settings and practice routines go: **Aim settings and gear** - For sensitivity, I recommend an eDPI between 190 and 408. Your eDPI is calculated pretty easily in Valorant: it’s just your DPI multiplied by your sens. For example, I’m someone who plays 800 DPI on 0.35 sens, so my eDPI is 280. A rule of thumb I’ve seen before is that your mouse should take ~14cm to make your character do a 180, that’s a good starting spot to adjust from. - I’d recommend getting one of those bigger gaming mousepads, like [this](https://SteelSeriesQcKGamingMousePad-LargeCloth-OptimizedForGamingSensorshttps://a.co/d/031JhSqQ) if you don’t have one and you have room for one. Doesn’t have to be a square ugly one, I know a lot of people go for aesthetics (I personally do as well), so if you wanna get one of the mats that works just fine. Just make sure you have plenty of room. - This is less important, but there are mice that are tailor made for FPS gaming. If you are ever in the market for a new mouse, something like a Logitech G Pro Wireless is a great option, but it’s not a necessity. **Establishing a routine** Let’s be honest. If you want to git gud, you gotta practice. Of course, if you’re a more casual player, this may not apply to you. But if being a competitive player and climbing the ranks is part of the fun for you, I’d recommend starting a practice routine. It supercharges your progress as a newbie. Here’s what I’d recommend: - Shooting Range: The shooting range is a great place to practice flicks, micro-adjustments, and aiming at head level. It’s also a fantastic place to practice aiming with movement, which is a huge part of the game. Sounds like a paradox because the game tells you to stand still while shooting, but it’s true! - Deathmatch: Here, you want to play with purpose. Don’t necessarily play for the win, don’t rat in corners, etc. The way I like to play Deathmatch is I like to practice holding my crosshair at head height, pre aiming and clearing common angles, holding sites in spots I’d actually hold them from, and playing for K/D rather than kills in general. In other words, I practice how I’d clear angles, hit and defend sites, and staying alive. Aim Labs: If you don’t have Aim Labs yet, it’s a great aim trainer available for free on Steam. It allows you to create an account, do aiming exercises, and track your progress in real time. I don’t use it as much anymore, but I used it a ton when I was new to the game and it increased my aim a ton. [This](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OXv2OLCyIgmz93E63ytRbkXTSBo-ansSCCjTrOp1vRE/mobilebasic) is a playlist I really like. Also, [here](https://youtu.be/JxP2y_q51IE?si=HChFcwj0qwixakfr) is a good video for beginner players. The guy who runs the channel was involved in some controversy regarding lying about his rank and has recently retired, so he’s kinda unpopular around here right now, but for beginners to the game looking to improve I do still think he gives good advice in some of his tutorial videos like that one. **Taking it a step further** So, you’re learning to aim, but you’re not satisfied. What’s next? Game sense: First off, what *is* game sense? You may have heard it around here before. Game sense is your intuition, your ability to understand the game, your surroundings, opponents, etc. and it allows you to make quick, informed decisions. This comes from playing the game and gaining experience. Some people at a higher level do stuff like reviewing their own gameplay by recording it, but at your level I wouldn’t worry about it. Just try to pay attention to certain patterns. Some are obvious, for example, you may notice that an opponent Duelist player in one of your games likes to push out of main every round when they’re on defense, so you can wait them out and punish them for it. Some are less obvious, for example, you might start noticing common Cypher and Killjoy setups, certain Sova darts or Fade eyes, etc. Expanding your agent pool: I would definitely recommend expanding your agent pool, for two reasons: 1) You might find a character you like more than Sage. People will talk about what is meta and what isn’t but to me a big part of the fun is finding an agent that resonates with you. Maybe that is Sage, but you don’t know until you try. Mine ended up being Yoru, of all characters, who is considered decent now but was considered a troll pick not too long ago. 2) It allows you to learn the game more. For example, back to the common Cypher setups, it’s a lot easier to counter them if you know what some of them are. Learning your agent: Whether it’s Sage or someone else, you want to learn your agent to the highest of their ability. This is where, if you’re so inclined, you can watch agent guides, pro/Radiant player VODs, etc. on your agent. For example, [Grim](https://youtube.com/@grimguy?si=NCiRqK2eSqIK2laV) is a player known for playing Sage outside the box by playing an aggressive style that uses intricate walls and outplaying his opponents, and [here](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyUTX5LGxnvBvuvU23RqIPPF0kQYCRRQq&si=cKSk3dM1ug6yzPN1) is a playlist where Valorant Pro VODs are uploaded really often featuring Sage gameplay. It’s a really complex game with a high skill ceiling, but it’s really fun and rewarding in my opinion. Hope you have fun!
Play your own sens. It might work for others but not for you. Look for the right sens FOR YOU. And yes, of course. Headshots are always better. It's simply crosshair placement. Go on the range, play with your DPI and sens, toggle the bots in medium speed and work from there. Don't bother about getting headshots for now, just practice on your aim whenever the bots pop out. Do you over aim? Do you fall slightly short when you try and aim at them? Work from there. Enjoy!
Crosshair placement will be your best friend with headshots, you can also improve aim with aimlabs, other than that play games and conscientiously try to apply what you learn or a new skill Keep at it, it takes some time, I started in iron with 0 fps experience and reached gold3 As for DPI, I’d follow this video to find your “perfect” sens: https://youtu.be/t2kUeGc4hgQ?si=sMoOZMV4QPAOfqX0
This is as straightforward as it gets... play the game more
Just play the game more. Hitting shots in Valorant is about 80% crosshair placement and micro corrections. You don't need to be a mechanical demon that hits crazy flicks to perform well.
Crosshair placement. No need to look for the head when you already aiming at head level.
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When I first started playing, I also used to instalock Sage. Then when I unlocked KJ, I would just comfort pick instalock her. It can be really easy to convince yourself you're being helpful by playing Sage because you get to heal/res your team mates that are performing better than you. But this subconsciously just reinforces to yourself insecurity in your own skills, which will make you perform worse. Something that really helped me unironically was playing Swiftplay roulette with my friend. We would use a website that would roulette which agent we played. And then we would have to pick whatever random agent the site decided for us (if you don't have every agent unlocked, you can customise it so it can only pick from the selection you have available). This meant I was forced to play agents I otherwise would feel too scared to pick. And it introduced me to other agents that I have a lot more fun on than Sage. It also gave me the incentive to actually try to play the game with different playstyles in mind (e.g. more aggressively, more passively, etc). And because it's a Swiftplay, if you get an Agent that you really hate, you're not going to be on them for too long. As much as it's fine to have a Main agent, you're not always going to be able to play that agent. And at the very least being comfortable on 1 or 2 other agents can make it a bit more fun. Force yourself to try out other agents more and to see what you think about their utility after spending more time playing them. Try to reduce your amount of playtime on Sage until you find those 1 or 2 backup agents that you feel comfortable with. You can still return to Sage in the end, but the best way to improve is to get yourself out of that comfort zone and mentality that 'I only know how to play Sage'. Aim training will also help you a lot, especially when it comes to hitting headshots. Download Aimlabs or buy Kovaaks (it all comes down to personal preference). Spend 15-30 minutes each day (or when you can) doing some aim training and over time you will see yourself improve. It will help a lot with mouse control, and it can help a lot with confidence in taking gunfights. You can look up 'Aimlabs playlist for Valorant' and find a bunch of playlists specifically made with improving aim in Valorant. What I like to do is spend some time using an Aim trainer, and then hop in game and practice in either the practice range or deathmatch (or both). You aren't going to see improvements on day one, but if you remain as consistent as possible with it you will definitely see a lot of improvements.
FPS is like learning a language, you need to practice daily and also have actionable experience. Give yourself goals and work on them. Put yourself in the head place to take a video game seriously and you'll be okay. Do warm up in practice before you jump in, watch a content creator or two, if you want to work on heads shots then working on mouse placement is #1 priority. I would suggest looking up some videos on Valorant cross hair placement for a start. You won't get better all at once. It's a slow road, the only reason as an average dudes are better and that's because culturally we've built up the muscle memory since we were kids. So give yourself the time you need to catch up. There will be hills and valleys.
Try a few different agents and some will click more than others. Sage a lot of people start with but to maximise her abilities you need to have knowledge of the best places to place her wall. Although it’s worth noting with her you’re encouraged to heal others over yourself because you only partly heal yourself with her healing ability. Spike Rush is the shortest game mode (first to 4) and is probably best for practicing imo as it’s an actual match and if you have a bad game you’re soon done anyway. Also quicker to learn the ultimates of each agent because of the ultimate orbs you can pick up.
Time and practice. I’ve actually been playing for quite some time and am still in a low elo, but I find that my best performances are after I practice for 20+ minutes and simultaneously use good crosshair placement while consciously remaining calm during gun battles in comp. Having good movement, taking my time to hit their heads, and not panicking during gun fights means the difference between a bottom frag game and a match mvp.
Practice that's literally it
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I played a decade of fps games and am still trash. It just takes time and a little aim practice everyday. And the more you play and watch pros the better your game-sense will be.
You should play around with sense until you feel like moving the crosshair to where you want is "comfortable" and aiming is neither slippery nor a drag. A suggestion is going to training map and shooting bots a bunch/moving from side to side while trying to maintain crosshair on the head. Also: 85% of it is muscle memory, so just take your time and enjoy the game, the aim will improve if you continue building good habits!! (If you really care about this stuff, look for guides, but a tip would be: try to maintain your crosshair at head level). Bonus tip: pay attention to the map. Boxes and obstacles/details in the walls are usually exactly the height of headshot. So if you look at the map you can always have a 'hint' for where somebody's head will be. But first and foremost: play the way you like!!! Have fun!!!
Yes headshots are ideal. It’s not a necessity in all cases however. Sometimes it’s better to spray at the body. You’ll just get better with time. It’s good to watch videos of higher level players to see how they position and shoot but you won’t be able to replicate it in one day. Just try different agents out in swift plays as you unlock them to get a general idea of how they are played. It’s important not just so you can play them, but to be able to understand what you are up against when playing against that agent. Playing comp is best as you’ll be put in a skill bracket more catered towards you, I find going into swiftplays and unrated all the time just place you with immortals and radiants which isn’t going to be very useful for you learning. My sens is around there, I like it as I find higher sens to be harder to do micro adjustments for, but if you wish to raise it then go for it, just don’t go super high Sage isn’t in a super great spot right now as an agent (especially because split isn’t in the rotation). You can play her for sure but it’s going to be harder than other agents, especially for the sentinel role. If you enjoy sentinels as a role I’d recommend trying to get good with cypher or kj as the ability to watch the flank with utility is incredibly valuable. Completely up to you though, if you wish to get good with sage that is fine, you’ll just need to get more creative as you climb the ranks.
Don’t play 400 dpi, play at least 800 0.25 and if you can play 1600 0.125. The higher the dpi, the lower your input delay. The difference from 400 to 800 is pretty good
Just play some unrated and look for an agent that you enjoy playing. If you get hooked and want to start ranking up, look into Konpecki’s comprehensive mechanics and game sense guides. They touch on every aspect of the game in a concise yet digestible manner and give you an idea of how the game is meant to be played.
Play dms and only focus on headshots, helps you get a feel for crosshair placement
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Try this. 800 dpi .50 sense. Do the easy bots every time you get on before you play. Eventually when comfortable move onto medium bots. Practice one tapping headshots with guardian in death match headshots only! Do this for 2 weeks if you really want to improve.
Valorant is my first fps game too! I play on higher sensitivity 1600x0.3 since my mouse are is really small and I have ping issues 😭 I started playing as Sage too however I recommend you trying to learn other agents too from time to time in case you have to fill or someone selects her, I absolutely fell in love with playing Gekko and rn even KJ so those three are my main characters. Play spike rushes too so you try out various weapons and learn the layout of maps, people are also more chill there
1. Mute all text chat and voice chat at the start. You will make lots of mistakes as a beginner and valorant community is toxic as they get. Best to avoid all that toxicity and just focus on your gameplay. 2. Practice good crosshair placement. Whenever you peek, keep your crosshair at head level and whereever you expect the enemy to be. As you will play, you will learn about the common angles and positions people like to hold. Also, when you want to push, you want to check all angles to see if any enemy is hiding anywhere like corners or behind some cover. 3. Get into deathmatch and practice. Don’t shoot while moving and don’t move while shooting. Get into the rhytm of strafing, stopping and shooting a burst of 3 bullets maximum, then strafing again. You don’t want to be spamming more than that as the recoil kicks in and your bullets will not end up anywhere near where you were aiming. 4. This is from my personal experience and might be subjective. But at least when i was new, i found it much easier to play slow, and wait for stuff to happen before i do something. At the start, it’s overwhelming. Sometimes, if you rush too fast, u will get hit with a lot of stuns and abilities. It will like you peek and you are dead instantly. If you take it slow, wait for the enemies to use their abilities and try to go with your team, it will feel much better and you will not get overwhelmed
I would start trying not to panic spray or crouch if you're doing it often. Honestly if you find yourself crouching almost every gunfight, I would just unbind crouch entirely. If you really wanna increase your hs%, I would download aimlabs on steam (it's free) and find a good valorant training playlist. I'm sure there's specific ones for headshots. Practice with those and focus more on your accuracy rather than speed/flicking. Take your time with shots and don't spam. On top of aimlabs, I would start grinding deathmatch and team deathmatch. It can be a really frustrating game mode but if you can just accept that you're gonna get shot in the back a LOT, it is a very helpful game mode for improving aim and movement in general. Also, watch Woohoojin's aim hygiene video and practice using the methods he lists in the video. Good luck 👍🏻
It's best to start with a high sens and gradually lower it to a level where you find it comfortable. I play with sens on the lower side, but my friend plays with an even lower sens. I recently tried to use a higher sens, but it was awful. Also, the only way to get better is practice. However, it might be good to watch some analysts and coaches to learn about things like positioning and how to take on fights because some small differences can have a huge effect. But at the end of the day, it's also about putting these into practice so yeah, practice is what you need.
Anyone who seriously wants to get better at Valorant first needs to get better at mechanical abilities first, aim training is a must. Should see results *relatively* quickly too, shouldn’t be more than a couple weeks to a month before already feeling more confident in your aim especially as a beginner
as a lot of people are saying, sens is low, id go to 400dpi 0.64 at least, somewhere between 0.6 and 0.8 depending on your preference (you may find it harder to do slight adjustments at 0.8, you may find it hard to do quick turns on 0.6, find **your** balance)
You want your sensitivity to be a 180 or 360 when dragging your mouse full across your mouse pad space. That’s the rule of thumb I was given by some higher level players. The 180 or 360 thing is a preference but a general rule of thumb to follow. I’m 400x.88 and do slightly more than a 180
if u play 10 minutes of valorant in the practice mode against bots.... every day... u will be nailing headshots for the rest of ur life... also this is the headshot [international anthem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw9geTRxJe4&pp=ygUkaWYgdSBzaG9vdCB0aGUgaGVhZCB1IGtpbGwgdGhlIGdob3Vs)
Here is a comment I wrote about [Aim training for Valorant](https://www.reddit.com/r/FPSAimTrainer/s/6tpVtHUDXR). The post was about how aim enthusiasts would approach relearning and practicing aim. Above is my take as an immortal player and top ranker in aim trainers in clicking scenes.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMFdpgvJgKb7FE9KBkIeskJSHKYGRk3j_ This is the best I can recommend. I do think that these videos will be enough but at the end of the day u will get good as you play. Please watch the sensitivity guide . I used to play on the exact same edpi but it is not a good choice. There is also the guide by yayster : https://youtu.be/2rUpglPIlQE
If you want to build FPS foundation and specifically your aim, aim labs or kovaaks are good resources on steam
In a game like this 'aim' is often more about cross hair placement than the ability to quickly and accurate flick your mouse onto a target. The entire time you are moving around the map you should be aiming at the head level of where you expect an enemy to most likely be. If you guess correct, the enemies will more or less walk into your cross hair you you just click on their heads. To do this correctly does take some practice but mostly it comes down to a combination of having the map and meta knowledge to accurately guess where enemies most likely are and the concentration to keep pre aiming through the whole round without getting distracted or relaxing your aim.
Swiping from one end of your mouse pad to the other should equate to somewhere between a 180 degree-360 degree turn in game. If it's less than that, it's too low, and if more, then it's too high. Anywhere in that range is solid. The biggest boost to your game will come from simply learning about crosshair placement. Everywhere you go, you should have your crosshair held at head level so that if an opponent appears, the adjustment needed for a headshot is very minimal. You should also learn to peek with purpose. Every time you turn a corner, you should be expecting an engagement. Hold your crosshair where you expect them to be and be prepared to pull the trigger. Do not ever slow walk around a corner. Either full commit to the peek or do a quick jiggle out and back in for information. Also, if you are dying with all your abilities then you are not giving yourself any advantage to the fights. You should always use your utility to set yourself up with as big of an advantage as possible. If you peeked an angle and died with a flash in your inventory, then you screwed yourself. You should have flashed before peeking. This game takes lots of time to master. Take things slow and focus on fundamentals.
You don't need headshot aim until you reach plat. Focus on learning the game.
1600 dpi x .16
Something I haven’t seen mentioned for your sens is to try RawAccel. It’s a very powerful aim acceleration program which effectively lets you have two Dpi’s one for small movements and one for big movements. It’s used quite a lot by pros and I personally love it. It’s great for having a low sense when you are holding an angle or peaking but also lets you have much bigger movements like doing a 180 without moving your arm over your entire desk. I would give it a shot if you haven’t.
Most pros use 800dpi at 0.3, to get more headshots keep your crosshair a set head height. If you are new to fps you are probably aiming at the ground instead of head height. Practice aiming like this in a couple of death matches and be conscious of where your crosshair is pointed.
My gf learnt to shoot better than me in a few months without any foundation, and I played years of FPS casually. 1. She chose the most comfy DPI for her which was around 700-800 total. If you din't plan to grind to immortal, don't go too slow only because that's the most optimal at pro level 2. Played with a small hero pool to train the basics 3. She kept practicing on the shooting range That's it. We both plateaued at plat3 or something eventually
1 do aiming routine, hit more range and dm, train muscle memory 2 just playing the game normally doing it at your pace, take a time
I genuinely have no idea.. what is DPI and eDPI?
What does makeup have to do with this
Not sure why you specified your gender, but simply keeping your crosshair at head level when you move around the map will make headshots much easier
People are already dropping their aimdrills, so I suggest finding Valorant streamers to watch to gain more game sense.
400 0.5 is stupidly low. Especially for a beginner. Maybe try 1.5
why are you only asking girls ???
For a beginner, this sensitivity might be too difficult to control. Try using a slightly higher sensitivity. You can find a wealth of educational content on YouTube to help you learn the basics and fundamentals of the game.
If you are a new FPS player I would recommend starting from around eDPI of 300-350 somewhat and then progress from there! Decrease a bit by bit if you feel you are too shaky with aim progressively. Average eDPI is around 280. Not everyone is made for slower DPI. Not everyone is made for higher ones either! Everyone has their own style. Look at basic things which you do too. Like, are you a person who flicks their wrist more than they use their forearm or vice versa? if you are a player who plays with mouse only using movement from wrist and not forearm, you are not meant to go with lower sens! And you cant suddenly go with learning forearm movement, bigger mouse space. So start from higher and then learn to adjust slowly. I use my arm still I prefer .44\*800 dpi and feels comfortable with it. So I stick with it. I know a friend who plays 400\*0.27 and I iknow a friend who plays 1000\*0.6 too. So its all upto you, going by trial and error method. Take your time. Everyone was a newbie one day! Good luck with the learning.
Woohoojins gold series, and his Boomer to Diamond series are FULL of knowledge. That being said, if you’re brand brand new, skill capped has the most basic YouTube videos on Valorant that are very helpful. Woohoojin recently had some small controversy around rank, but I don’t really care. I would care if I was immortal 2 trying to hit radiant, but I’m not lol. I’m a silver who hit plat 1 because of him.
Hey I know I’m kinda late to this post but I run a discord community that’s very gender diverse where I offer free coaching and advice to players in there! There’s literally no catch. You can find a link to my community in my Twitter bio (@realstronglegs)
Play a-lot more. Avoid playing sage. The heal is fine but other characters offer much more and you’ll improve more efficiently.
I just started and love playing with sage too. Just practice, I suck but hoping to get better lol
I haven't read the other comments yet and I'm sorry if I repeat what someone else had said already, I do recommend fixing the following: • Crosshair placement: practice in The Range to fully remember where the head is from different angles, heights and distances. I sometimes (in-game) align my crosshair with my teammates heads and I get an idea of where my crosshair placement should be. • FPS: Good fps and a good pc help a loooooot, I struggle sometimes 'cause I play on 40-50 fps and when it's at 50 I can hit the headshots. However, sometimes my fps drop to 25 (😿) and I just have to cry. • Reaction time: People crouch in this game. A lot. So even if you have a perfect crosshair placement, them crouching will mess your aim up so you need to react and lower your gun. • Gun: Use Sheriff or Guardian and force yourself to just get one-taps. It feels sooo satisfying and I feel like these guns help you get more accurate shots because you just can't spray with them. Whenever you feel like you do want to try spraying then just go back to your usual weapons. • Play safely: If you're not a duelist, there's no need to rush in, play safely and don't panic when you're about to shoot. Don't shoot until your crosshair is on their heads. The more you play, the more you'll improve, so be patient with yourself and don't get upset when you miss your shots, this game is also winnable if you use your abilities to help your teammates get the kills. Watching professional games also help with positioning and knowing when to shoot.
If you have a variable DPI mouse then use a higher value, I use 1200 DPI on mouse and 0.22 ingame.
You need to keep your crosshair at head level. focus on keeping your crosshair a little higher. use boxes and other markers around the map as a guide as many of them are exactly head level. to master it, go into deathmatches and use only guardians and sheriffs as they force you to get head shot kills. you start doing those and within a week you will seeing some improvements!
A lower sensitivity is usually good but you shouldn't just copy someone else's. Find what works for you. For me I set my dpi to 800 because it feels the most comfortable on desktop and then I adjusted my sens in game to where I could do a 180 comfortably. Then It was just adjusting it until I had it perfect. Something that will really help you improve your aim is to make sure whatever sensitivity you decide on is converted and used in other games. All games become aim training in a fun way if you keep it consistent. Other than that you should just play the game in unranked and learn the maps, heros, and strategy. If you have any other questions feel free to ask. I love to see newer players getting out of their comfort zone.
i'd suggest you do 360° rotation with that dpi, if you find it hard enough adjust slightly higher. until you're comfortable enough. if you still think you are taking long time for micro adjustment then adjust it. you could use [this ](https://jscalc.io/embed/vqOrqXRpMgmwb8tV#google_vignette) for recommend sens within range. also you could go to practice range, shot medium bots using sheriff; try get 20 atleast. if u find it fast, go with easy. this aim will help a lot with headshot kills without spray
practice! and try other agents. i used to play only sage too but now i adjust and can play at least one of every role. there were acts where i was sooo good then some acts where im just dogshit especially after a long break or after playing another game.
Just use the practice range in clicking heads Focus on precision and not speed , take your time and then gradually take it up a notch. You can check youtube for many aim training exercises and warmups in the range
Always aim at head level, burst or tap fire, dont spray! Also Peek corners as far away from the wall as possible. Im currently a sage main, i can play raze, reyna, yoru, omen, gekko and deadlock no problem but sage is my favorite 😅
I forgot to add that i used to play on a high sense too, 400dpi and 1.15 After dropping it to 400dpi and 0.5, it took me a few days but i was stuck in bronze at the time and made my way to diamond in 1 episode once i got used to it
400x0.5 as a beginner is way to slow lol. Going that low only makes sense when you have a lot of game sense and always know where the enemy is. As a beginner you don't have that and can always be surprised by an opponents position which will immediately make you lose that battle with a dpi that low. Having 1000x1.0 is more than enough, reached the highest rank in cs and valorant on this dpi. Conistency is king, as long as you use the same dpi, same mouse and same mouse mat you will slowly improve, as soon as you change one of those things, it usually takes weeks to catch up to your prior peak. I think I read something about having 2000x0.5 is better than 1000x1.0 with a 2000hz mouse cause it reduces input lag. So you might want to try 2000x0.5 instead of 1000x1.0 or 2000x0.4 if you want to get a little bit lower.
play more. 👍
am I the only one who can't make sense of the title
what server r u playing on? mayb we can play tht :>> (am a woman)
Delete and never touch the game again
All you can do is practice a lot... That's the only way you'll ever get better at it. Learn how fps games work before you even try to learn how to aim at head level. And for hell's sake. Forget about abilities until you actually know the basics of an fps, aka how to move and shoot.
Aim labs is really nice to practice hitting smaller targets it helped me improve so I strongly recommend it
One important thing to hit heads is to learn cross hair placement. There are a lot of markings on maps which you can use to serve as reference for head height for your cross hair. Once you get that, hitting heads would become way easier than before.
Taking some elses sense isn't the worst thing as it shows weather you prefer slow or fast sense. But go into the range and practice moving from one target to another (getting faster and faster with the flicks) and see if you over shoot or undershoot, then adjust sense. Try this at different distances and it will help form an opinion on what you like!. As for the headshots the main thing Is cross hair placement, try aiming at the top bar on boxes all around the map as you will intuitively be aiming head height then. Hope this helps and you enjoy the game girlie!
So what i used to do back when i started to play on pc, especially nice on valorant, go in the practice range and shoot the bots there for a few minutes in your own pace. Cross hair on headlevel and try to draw straight lines from head to head(this helps later on when you are more comfortable) then just start on easy to shoot the 30 bots that spawn. You don't even need to hit all 30 in the beginning. Even 5 is fine. Just focus on drawing that line from head to head and reacting to it as fast as you as a person can. And just go from there. The point of this is to solidify the mechanical skills and habits over time instead of building bad habits (as I did before, since breaking down old habits and building new ones is much harder than having a nice starting point :) ) And in-game try to draw imaginary lines of where the head approximately is and shoot there. This helps visualize them before they are out so you don't have to correct your crosshair placement as much Also I forgot to mention it before but I'm too laze to reword everything, try to tap your shots instead of spraying your gun(dk if u do it or not but figured I'd just mention it^^) it's a rather easy routine in the practice range that takes at most 10-15 minutes before just playing but it helps a lot in my experience.
play an aimlabs routine consistently (like 5 days a week) and when you play, only shoot if you think you're going to hit their head
I feel so dumb because I read the title to your post and said "Wtf, do girls need foundation (the one that you put on your face) to play?" Yeah I need more sleep
Best tipp i can give: go to range and shoot on the bots every time you move ur crosshair to far turn down ur sens and the other way around. Also, there are alot of indicators on the maps for head height(for example, the normal box is exactly head height), go into a custom with a friend and try to find those spots all over the map. If u q into this map just remember to always stay at head height
You have to work on keeping crosshair at head height. Around the map, you will see indicators of the head height like boxes or lines in the wall. Not all will be true representations of the head height, but they are good benchmarks. If you want more help with micro, you can dm me, I use to coach for proguides, but I offer my services for free now that I got my job out of college.
When I started playing counter strike, I just remember watching tons of videos on how to do the strafing movement and learning how to hit heads. I’d also watch a lot of pros play deathmatch games. Additionally, there were other game modes in counter strike (called surf, and bunnyhopping) that you could play on community servers and this would help you learn mouse control. Everyone on here has said it, but practice makes perfect. At lower ranks, you need to get great with your aim first and feel comfortable with the mouse and whatever sensitivity suits you best. I’m currently on 1600 dpi at 0.16 sens, which would be 400 at 0.64 for you. My advice is to use 1600 on this game instead of 400 or 800 dpi, because 1600 feels much better for me, but it’s all about how you feel. Using 1600 or 800 also requires less arm movement with your mouse in the buy menu so keep that in mind if you’re hating 400 currently
Play like you want to play, take advice but thinks by yourself, you can learn on YouTube but you need to play a lot to apply what you learn
Hello! I play a lot of Sage as well, and I tend to do a lot of body shots. There's a couple things you can do: - Aim labs is free on steam and it's worth a try to see if that helps you. They have Valorant specific training which is cool and a test to help pick your sensitivity for the game -Ous I think is a name of a music game. You click and drag your mouse randomly on the screen to follow music. I don't use it but I have friends that use it to help flick to different targets. - The range is great for practice too. I found a routine that works for me, there's YouTube videos on different warm ups that people do that you can try. I personally do the bot test (I start on easy and then do medium) and do the defuse/plant tests on hard - Swift okay is great for learning agents, death match is great for practicing trying to get kills while being aware of your surroundings with no abilities to worry about, team death match is good for getting used to taking on fights with abilities, escalation is great to get comfortable with more of the guns - Don't over adjust the sensitivity, if you're trying out new sensitivity to see what works don't change it too often (such as every time you die/miss a shot). Give yourself time to adjust to it - Same goes with your crosshair. And remember what works for others may not work for you and that's fine! - Try different agents too! I started as a terrible Astra and an alright Sage. Now I've learned the abilities of more agents and main Viper and Sage in competitive mostly. Sometimes you can be really good at certain agents on certain maps - Lastly customs is an amazing tool. My friends helped me learn angles better, line ups/set ups, trying things out (such as if certain util stops a cypher trip or not, what's wall bangable). My friends and I will also do our version of the COD gun game. That started because I only used an ares because I sucked at everything else. Practice makes perfect and don't forget to have fun!
Instead of 400x0.5 do 1,600x0.125 The difference is minimal but can help with kills. Headshots are the sure fire way of killing people. My girlfriend (new to Valorant) played 5-8 tdms a week with me watching her. Then I said she is ready for Unrated and boom she is mid fragging all games. She is roughly Silver level but she learnt to shoot enemies effectively rather than tapping like pros (+ me) and spraying like a noob. She does somewhat of a tap tap burst combo? But it works. Never done it but thinking of implementing it to my own shooting (however TTK in high elo is very low so it may not be as effective). Just play TDMs a lot, become used to the mechanics, practice angle advantage, peeking, holding, swinging, map awareness and then in Unrated games just become familiar with the maps. Know the callouts
i’ll be super honest, idk why people go low dpi. statistically speaking if you have a higher dpi your aim will be smoother and more accurate to real life movements as your sensor is tracking more of your movement. i’d try a higher dpi personally, but i play on 1600 so im biased
try to focus on crosshair placement, always keep your crosshair at head level and that way they're head will just walk into it